7:54 PM,
Dec. 2, 2012

Crystal Gates holds her daughter Lanie, 4, while listening to the evacuation plan Thursday for Doyline.Douglas Collier/The Times

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Kristi Johnston

DOYLINE - A small Webster Parish town remains in limbo as Louisiana State Police have determined it's six million pounds, rather than the one million as originally thought, of improperly stored explosive powder at Explo Systems Inc., a munitions dismantling facility at Camp Minden.

The Town of Doyline remains evacuated as Explo employees, under the supervision of state police, segregate and move the powder into bunkers.

"It's slow and tedious," state police Col. Mike Edmonson said. "We are working from the inside, which is the toughest area. As we work through that, it will speed up." ...